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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-08
Something New About Bees.

At a recent meeting of the Royal Micro
scopical society, Mr.. +. Il. Cheshire called
attention to some specimens of bees
known as 'fertile workers" 1t was gen
orally we'll known that in the beehive all
the eggs were usually laid by the queen,
and in her absence nc ovipositing occurs
until they have taken some of the eggs
remaining in the hive, aud by a special
feeding OF the larva have been able to
produce fresh queens. If, however, it
should happen that in hive which has
lost its queen there are not eggs available
for this purpose, ii was found that some
of the workers unuer some special cir
cumstances, which could not be very
clearly explained, become capable of lay
ing eggs, but tina. such eggs produce
drones only. These bees are known as
fertile workers, and though there can be
no doubt as 10 their frequent existence,
they are very difficult to catch, owing TO
their being the same in appearance as
the ordinary workers. He then exhibited
two of these fertile workers having the
ovaries drawn out of their bodies, and
attacaed to the strings and abdomin
al plates, so as TO show that they are
really workers. There was q remarkable
popularity to be observed in connection
with the oyalur tubes of these insects
every ordinary worker possessed an un-
developed ovary which it was very diff
cult both to detect and dissect; but when
under the influence of some stimulus the
worker became fertile, number of point
began to appear in the tubes which
sfterward became developed, and it
would seem that the eggs we're developed
in alienation, an examination of the
tubes showing them to contain developed
eggs alternating with others in an I'M
developed condition, and OF which some
very curious instances were seer in the
specimens before the meeting.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-08
SHORT STOPS.

The Belgian government In about TO
purchase the Great Central railway.
An Illinois farmer pulling stnmps the
other day unearthed q tin box, apparent
ly long buried, which contained $50.
The man who would not live always,
generally tries all ways to live when the
scratch comes.
Garfield avenue, Mt Washington, has
been renamed Wyoming avenue.
The issue OF standard silver dollars
from the minis during the week ended
Nov. rs was 1907 1872.
There is hope for Ashland yet The
common council have refused one variety
theater company license and revoked
another. Mayor knight has ordered ii
third 10 move back into the woods or
close up.
The republican congressman are going
10 hold a caucus Saturday afternoon TO
nominate a candidate for speaker, and
possibly candidates for other ohl'es.
They haven't been paying much atien-
ton TO the matter, ana they all assume
that Mr.. Reed, of Maine, will get the com
plimeutary vote Of the party.
The new stock yards at St. Joseph.
Mo, comprising 40 acres, we're opened
Thursday. They cost 81 100000, and are
said TO be very com plete in every detail.
Tnere are 10000 cattle quarantined Ia
Crawford, Washington and Sumner conn.
ties, Kansas, where Texas fever is said
TO exist. Nearly all the animals are the
property of Chicago firm.
Representative Townshend, of Illinois,
will introduce in the coming congress,
bill providing for commercial union
with Mexico, the. South and Central
American states and Canada.
A call has been issued for caucus or
democratic members Of the house to take
place next Saturday evening to select
officers for the next house Of represen-
tatives.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-08
In the Heart Of the Sugar Country.
Harpes's Magazine

Harper magazine
As early as 1910, Breckenridge and
Schultz, making journeys from Canada
to the Gulf, noticed und wrote of the
beauty of Bayou La Fourche and Its
shores, although, as the land was then
owned by French and Spanish paysans, it
was not guarded by proper levees, and
foundations occurred almost yearly. OPP
Ulent creole planters, however soon
bought up the grounds of the petis in
habitants, and the result is the immense
estates which now line the shores of the
Upper La Fourche Ike beautiful pan
Drama. Not even a small New England
farm can surpass in order and method
great sugar plantation. The levees run
along either side of the bayou-green
ramparts covered with fern, smilax, wild
roses and purple flags. Back of them
and lower than the stream at high tide,
lies the ground, absolutely fiat, hundreds
of acres often Enclosed in a single field,
the whole scanned by the pillow with math
ematical precision, and covered in the
spring with delicate lines of feathery
green. At one end of the plantation
stands the engine house and works of
substantial brick; at the other, the dwell
ling of the planter, usually au airy, We
randed structure, more or less in need of
paint, but covered with such splendor of
crimson and golden roses, and so hedged
in by orange groves and sloping lawns
and gigantic oaks hung with curtains of
moss and wealth of brilliant flowers, that
each gay wooden house might put forth
its claims to be the tabled dwelling of
Selim in the valley of Cashmere.
The old Clergyman found his lazy voy-
ages up these bayous full of picturesque
surprises. When the boat stopped at the
landing of plantation, whether early in
the morning, or at noon, or in the clear,
yellow sunset, there was horde of half
naked black boys, half In and half out of
the water, or Il gray-haired old negro
waiting for packages for de house." or
the planter, high-featured and swarthy,
surrounded by children and dogs watch
ing, as eager as they, for the good for
tune of an unexpected guest; or perhaps
he would catch glimpse in the grove
near the levees of q group of olive
skinned, vivacious creole women, or of
American girls, shyer of glance and
slower of tongue than their northern sis
ters.
Thibodeaux, the capital of La Fourche
parish, is a typical Louisianian town, with
the usual excess of beauty in the gardens,
mud and pitfalls in the streets, and
Astounding hospitality of soul in the peo-
pie. There is much solid wealth in this
parish, which is the center of the large
suger plantations of the state. The
shores of the Bayon Plabuemine resemble
those of La Fourche. The soil is excep-
I, ,ob taf f.,r
the most part in the same families for
generations. When the Mississippi is
gorged, its waters rush through this out
let with force equal to that of the st.
Lawrence below Niagara. 1t overfows
into the Atchfalaya, or the Old river, as it
is sometimes called, because of an Indian
tradition that it was, ages ago, the Miss
issippi itself.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-08
increasing the field until the fullest ca
pacity be reached.
About Irrigation.
From the Rural New Yorker.

From the Rural New Yorker.
1t will be noticed that but one of the
writer's on the "Drouth Lessons" mskes
mention of irrigation as possible
remedy for crops that perish for lack of
water. The one mention is TO tho
effect that irrigation on rough farms is
impractieable. A market gardener in
Michigan who reports the loss of his en-
tire black berry crep and two-thirds of
his .raspberries owing to the lack of
moisture, writes that If he had an artesian
well even though his surface is not fitted
for irri2 cation, he ia satisfied that he
could make man and team earn $50 per
day for three months hauling water in an
ordinary watering cart TO sprinkle over
the rows. He spent $1,000 in vain
attempt to sink an artesisn well. The
water came tantalizingly near the surface,
but refused TO run over. Another year
by means of a windmill and pump fair
supply of water will be obtained for
sprinkling purposes SO as to save at least
portion of the clop. few month ago
we told our readers of the system EN-.
ployed by Mr.. J. NJ. Smith, of Wisconsin.
The water is pumped into TANK, from
which iron pipes run below the 9rourl in
all directions, carrying water to ali parts
OF the farm. These works cost consider
able money, but they have more than
paid for themselves. For market gar
dens, where large crop is to be grown
on comp aratiyely small tract of land, a
system of artificial irrigation can be
made TO pay. Experiment has abundant.
ly proved that fact On large farms,
except in cases where the farm is located
on the banks of a never falling stream,
irrigation must be considered OF doubt
full economy. Practiced on q small scale
for the purpose of supplying water TO
few acres of some fodder crops, il may
be made to pay. II must be remembered
that even IN the far West, where irriga-
tion is the soul OF successful agriculture,
it is only possible when an entire com
munity can combine to defray the ex-
penses. II is probable that there are many
locations in the East and Middle West
where City or more farmers could com
bine to secure a supply of later ample
for their forage crops at least. In most
cases the expense of pumping and lifting
the water into tanks and reservoirs will
be heaviest. The next twenty five years
will witness the invention of machines
for developing and storing power that
will vastly reduce this expense.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-08
A Great Dairy Country

The importance of the butter industry
in Holland is attested by the fact that
there are in that country about 100000
milk COWS. A COW gives, says the Univers
Commercial, on an average, 5000 litres
of milk per annum. 1t is estimated .h at
the milk of ore COW is sufficient TO provide
100 kilos of butter per year, and at this
rate the production should reach total
of 100000 kilos. AT the average price
of one form zoe the kilogramme, the
butter makers would turn over each year
~ 600 900, forms. Dutch butter has four
principal markets-the home consump-
ton, exports to the colonies, exports to
Belgium and exports to England. The
home trade is estimated to reach 17,000,-
900 kilos. The Dutch colonies, and espec-
tally the East Indies, are important out
let's for Dutch butter, although not so
considerable since Danish and artificial
buffers have been introduced.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-08

the settlements. As spring came they
turned to go southwark as usual, in a
long caravan, with their stolen horses
and cattle. Roca galloped around their
rear, and drove them night and day be.
fore him. When they reached the ditch
they became bewildered, for they could
not cross it, and after few days of
slaughter the remnant that survived sur
and were distributed through
the army as soldiers, while the women
were sent into a semi-slavery among the
ranchmen they had robbed. The dead
animals and men we're buried together in
the ditch, ali there has been no further
annoyance from Indians on the frontier
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-08
THE FATE OF PATAGONIA.

No Longer Entitled to Il Geographical Name
The Massacre of Natives
HERE used to be place called Pats-
gonna 1t appears on our Biographies
nov, says writer in Harper's Magazine,
as "a drear ard uninhabitablc waste upon
which herds of wild horses and cattle
Craze, that are hunted for their flesh by
lew bands of savage Indians of immense
stature l am quoting from a school
oook published in 1886 and in common
use IL this country. The same geography
gives similar information about "the
argentine confederation" 1t would be
Just as polite and prope to call this the
confederate States of America" bit
'ef' bloody war was fought to wipe that
name of the map, but our publishers still
insist upon ieeping it there. 1t is not
eoAlederailon; 1t Is nation with a big
Ike 1urs,-one and inseparable,
united We stand, divided we fall, and all
WAY sort of thing,-the Argentine Repub-
.c' 10 call 1t anything else is an insult
.ne patriots who fought to make it so,
'Il 'fenectlon upon our own intelligence.
several years ago Patagonia was di-
r'uso between Chilli and the Argentine
~ Plol', the ministers from the United
o.a'ss 10 those two countries doing the
e1'"lg The SUBMITS of the Cordilleries
WI, 80 uKed as the boundary lines. Chilli
wa Ihe Strait of Magellan and the strip
lhe Pacific coast between tho
fountains and the sea, and the Argentine
Ttoollo the pampas, the archipelago of
100 aei fuego being divided between
~ since the partitian ranchmeu
s oeen pushing southward with great
r'-.,y' and now the vast territory is
F.ey.'oally occupied. There are no more
ava e@'''e or horses there than ia Kansas
p.- 'ls aresry, uuinhabited wastes of
,5 -'a .1 have gone into oblivion with
GREAT American dssert.p
tstAunant OF a vast tribe Of abort
Irs s, s''A occupies the interior, but the
F Ian problem of the Argentine Repub-
81 solved Ia summary way. There
~ considerable annoyance on the from
nss5 w oands Of rowing savages, who
~. come north in the winter time.
49,. '4.,'e' rob and ravish, and the out
- ui CIVILIZATION were not safe. Gen.
vsss.r .s oaerldan Of the River Plate,
f,a-..'-.. WITH a brigade of cavalry to the
Fs.+.t g prevent this sort of thing.
H. p-1 west across the territory runs
Na ,r Nesfo, a swift, turbid stream like
a-sJlil with high banks. Fifty
ma = from the mountains the river
ns..-. urn 10 its course, and leaves a
thing ~. ia'a3ay through which every
aa3 No. ,'1' enters or leaves Patagonia by
ufs. c. g9. Across this pass of fifty
asa7 w, zen, hoea Dug ditch twelve feet
tot5s-- ~ Atteen feet vide. The Indians,
lo,.s an In Der of several thousand. were
- lne work was done, raidine
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-08

"Have you bawth-room in the houseY"
asked Boston guest of a Western land
lord.
"a what?"
A bawth room, a-a-lavatory."
"Blamed if l know what you're driving
Az"
"He wants to clean up" said by
stander, better versed in polite language.
saw, that's It'll" said the landlord.
you'd ort to of said so at first; come
along with me-"
And he led the man from Boston out
into the backyard, where there was a
rusty tin pan and pail of "roily" water
on the stump of butternut tree.
"There ye air." he said proudly; "splash
away all yer a mind to. I'll send the
towel out soon as them folks upstairs ia
done with it. Pitch in; there amt no
extry charge for the lavatory, as you
call it and there's bucket of soft soap
on that bench. Use all yer mind to of
it,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-08
PERSONAL CHIT CHAT.

Robert Garrett, who has left DepFey
for San Francisco, is rapidly regaining
his health.
A patchwork quilt made by children
in the United States, and an Indian
shawl, the gift of Queen Victoria we're
buried with Jenny Lind at her request
Prof. Bell is perfecting machine foI
talking to deaf mutes.
Lotta proposes to found an asylum for
children at cost of 100000 when she
leaves the stage.
George Gould is cited as authority foI
the assertion that Jay Gould will be "
New York again within ninety days.
General Grants widow visits the tomt
at Riverside Park every Sunday. Thanks
giving day she placed flowers on tA'
casket
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-08
FARM, HOME AND GARDEN.
RECoMPRNSE.
pHRKNoLoeIcAL youRNAL.

gardener planted hy acinth
in corner Of his ground,
But peony grew before il
And spread her foliage round,
Ascending higher and higher,
Ambitious 10 prove her strength,
Till the modest little hyacinth
From view was hidden at leagth.
But looking up from her prison
Straight up from the walls 80 rven,
A bit OF azure above her
BY her wistful eye il seen
And straightway into her .srments
she weaves the beaut fni hue.
And matches her bril- corolla
With heavens imp ial blue.
Then patiently ia her bower there
She waited the browning day,
When some one, seeing her beauty,
Should bear her in triumph away;
But weary at last grew her spirit.
And she breathed out an odorous sigh
Filling the air with fragrance,
Enchanting the passers by
VINO exclaimed when they saw the peony
Spreading her crimson bloom,
"Oh, how lovely your rich flower Is,
And how exquisite the perfameV
Then the hyaclnth sighed IN silence,
Breathing her heart en- the air
Strange that her one little honor
Her thrice-blest rival must wear
But not altogether forgotten
Was the little corner OF ground,
Where the byacinth bloomed sweetly
Shedding her fragrance round,
The gardener who planted the treasure
Remembered the spot where she grew
And gRzed with fond admiration
On her blossoms so tender and blue
And up from her narrow prison,
Out IN the world SO wide,
He bore her away ON her mission
OF decking the brow OF a bride;
An honor reserved for the sweetest
And purest of all flowers,
And thus was the modest blossom
Repaid for her lonely hours
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-08
KILLED THREE WIVES IN SUCCESSION.
The Shocking Death Bed Confession of aSouth
Carolina Suicide.

COLUMBIA, s. c., Nov. 29.--Ten days
ago Stepnay Bailey, of Barley, killed
his wife, cremated her, and attempted
suicide. He has since died of his wounds,
but before becoming unconscious he
made a confession of other murders com
mitted by him. The substance of his
confession is: II have been married
three times. killed my first wife with
club. her name was Catherine. | bur
led her in the garden. My second wife's
name was Mary / killed her with brick
by hitting her in the head. will not tell
you what ] did with her body. My third
wife's name was Sallie. She was I'M
faithful to me. One day hit her in the
head with an axe and killed her. l put
her body in furnace" The previous
butcheries were known, but it was just
after the war, and such crimes went un-
punished. In making his confession
Bailey eyinced no repentance.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-08
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
EnglIsh IIlustrated Magazlne

There are some pretty love songs in
Capri. To win a girls heart the lover
must steal hair from her head and tie it
to one of his own. So long as the knot
holds firm his love is returned. This re-
sembles the clean used on the sacred hill
of Monte Yergins, near Naples. There
betIothed pilgrims fasten broom twigs
together with strip of rag, and uatil the
tgigs part their love endures. Rags
hutter on every bush along the path to
the great sanctuary, and married coup
les often return there TO examine their
united twigs. Unmatched pairs probab-
ly scorn to renew the pilgrimage. Love
sick maids and men mix drop of their
blood in little wine and persuade the
object of their affection to drink it. This
is an infallbIe love philter. A man may
also win girls heart by priekIng her
name upon fgleaf, and letting the
wind blog il away.
Congressman Scott, according to the
New York Times, Is an enthusiastic bull
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-08

Minister Of Finance under De Freycinet
in 1886 He has had the confidence of all
groups of the Republican party and has
made good record in Office.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-08
WYE LA REPUBLICS.
NJ. Sadl-Carnot Elected President OF
the Republic by the Legisla-
tive Congress.
Ferry and Freycinet Withdraw in His
Favor, aud He Receives GIG
Votes.
At Versailles.

VERSAILLES, Dec. 1.-The first trial bal.
lot by the Senators and Deputies of the
Left for the Presidency, at Versailles, re-
suited as follows: Ferry, 200; De Freyci.
net, l03; Brisson, 81; Sadi- Carnot, SO;
General Saussier, Z.
During the taking of the first ballot NJ.
Pelletan made an address TO number of
deputies who congregated outside the
chamber, advocating the election of NJ.
Sadi-Carnot, thereby uniting all the re-
publican votes.
Several deputies rejoiued that il would
be the first time the majority had lower
ed to the will of the minority and added
that the attitude of NJ. NJ. Brisson and
Sadl-Carnot was unworthy of Republi-
cans; They urged them to withdraw in
favor of NJ de Freycinet, who after Nj.
Ferry, tad obtained the most votes.
The second trial-ballot resulted as fol-
lows; Ferry, PIC; De Freycinet, 1876;
Brisson, 10, and Sa1i Carnot, 81.
On the third trial ballot 500 Republi-
can Senators and deputies of the Left
yo'ed. The vote stood; Ferry, 179;
Sadl 'Carnot l62; De Freycinet, 1o9 Bris.
son, %, scattering, 3.
Inc louftn Trial ballot resulted IA fol-
lows NJ Sadi- Carnot, 1856; NJ. Ferry, 80;
M. De Freycinet, %; M. Brisson, 10.
only 258 Senators and deputies voted.
TIRE CONGRESS-.
The congress of Senators and Deputies
TO elect successor to President Grevy
was opened at 2 O'Clock by NJ. lie Boyer,
President of the Senate, who declared
that the National Assembly was duly con
stituted TO elect president
Deputy Michelin, an irreooncillable,
asked leave to make motion, but the
President refused to allow him TO do so,
declaring that the Assembly was an cleo
Joral college,
NJ. Paul de Cassagnao observed that the
Assembly was sovereign.
M. Gautier contested the competency
of the President TO limit the Assembly's
rights. President 10 Roger replied: 81
take my stand on the constitution. M
Michelin wished to propose TO revise the
constitution"
The President again declined TO allow
Nj. Michelin's proposal to be made, and
the latter entered a protest. The matter
was then dropped,
The result of the first ballot taken in
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-08

NJ. Pyat. ....... .............,........... /
Before the second ballot was taken the
Numbers of the Left groups held meet
ing. M. Ferry announced his resolution
to withdraw in favor Of M. adi-Carnot,
and M. DeFreycinet rendered "a similar
notification. An order Of the day was
thereupop adopted, declaring that the
party recorded these patriotic acts of
withdrawal, and at M. Ferry's instance re-
solved to vote for NJ. Sadi-Cornot. The
result was seen in the final ballot. NJ lie
Roger. on receiving the ballot return,
said
an. sadi Carnot having obtained the
suffrage, | proclaim him President OF the
Republic
There was an outburst Of cheers, es-
pecially from the Left and Center. M.
LeRoyer then declared the session closed.
sADI-oARsor RETURNS THANKS.
The newly elected president responded
as follows
81 thank you from the bottom OF my
heart for the congratulations and senu-
ments expressed, l am filed with graft
tude 20 the members of the assembly who,
in uniting their SURFACES in my favor,
bore witness TO the desire for peace and
concord with which republican France IL
animated. My dearest wish is that this
great day may remain present IN all
minds and hearts. 1t signifies that the
representatives of France can be united.
| Their common efforts can and must Sc
cure the constitution, assuring an active
and a stable working government, capa-
BILE 1f bestowiug upon the nation liberty
at home and dignity abroad, with all the
benefits which our country expects from
| the republic Once more | thank you.
You may count upon my entire devotion"
MARIE FRANCOIS sADI cAREor.
Marie Francois Sadi- Carnot, tie New
/ President Of France, is Of distinguished
! family. Lazare Nicolas Carnot figured
/ as one of the most conspicuous figures OF
the revolution If 1892. lie was q mem.
Der OF the National Convention, mem
Der Of the Committee Of Safety, and was
the War Minister OF the Republic during
the period when many victories were
won. Though an ardent Republican, be
was neither Jacobin or Girondist, and
when named Is a member OF the Dlrec
tory in 1897 was accused Of being a hoy
allst. lie was recaubA W oiAlop " pHiH
parte, but not approving the ambitious
schemes of the First Consul he retired tc
private life. During the hundred days
he was BOneparte's Minister Of the inter
ior. He died in 1928.
Layare Hippo'yts Carnot, son Of th '
preceding, was born in 1901 In 1889
f842 and 1886 he was Radical member
OF the Chamber of Deputies. After tn'
revolution Of 1848 he was Minister OF PUB
Lie instructor. Ia 1850 be was member
of the Assembly. In 1852 and 1851 n
vaz elected member OF the Corps Leg
islative, but refused to serve Elected IL
1863 he took his seat, but in ots he wa
I. defeated by Gamtetta. After the reyeiu
ton OF 1870 he was elected 20 tee Nation
al Assembly, and in 1875 he was eiecteS
Senator for life.
M, sad-Carnot, who was YESTERDAY
elected President, was BORN IN 1851. ~
was Under Secretary e Public Moik
under De Freycinet ir 1873, Minister .
Pnblic Works under Gerry in 1880, Minis
Ter Of Finance in s82, ard was agan